Source: Annuario Pontificio
(see the file)
The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
The Eastern Catholic Churches 2007 Source: Annuario Pontificio
The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon (Patriarchal) |
15,000 |
12,000 |
10,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
17 |
29 |
35 |
2 |
2 |
|
Damascus, Syria (patriarchal exarchate) |
4,000 |
4,000 |
4,500 |
4,500 |
4,500 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Amman and Jerusalem (patriarchal exarchate) |
|
280 |
740 |
400 |
800 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Ispahan, Iran |
2,200 |
2,200 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq |
2,200 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) Egypt |
1,500 |
1,287 |
1,276 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria |
15,000 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
|
Eparchy of Kamichlié, Syria |
4,303 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Archeparchy of Istanbul, Turkey |
3,700 |
3,680 |
3,670 |
3,650 |
3,640 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine |
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France |
30,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ordinariate for Greece (Athens) |
650 |
600 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ordinariate for Romania (Gherla) |
|
1,000 |
515 |
333 |
842 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek, Buenos Aires |
estab. 1989 |
16,000 |
16,000 |
16,000 |
16,000 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Apostolic Exarchate for Latin America and Mexico |
30,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg, New York (US and Canada) |
34,300 |
36,000 |
36,000 |
36,000 |
36,000 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
|
Ordinariate for Eastern Europe (Gyumri, Armenia) |
estab. 1991 |
220,000 |
220,000 |
220,000 |
220,000 |
1 |
36 |
0 |
8 |
13 |
25 |
0 |
5 |
|
TOTAL |
142,853 |
362,047 |
368,101 |
374,283 |
375,182 |
14 |
94 |
33 |
44 |
62 |
103 |
4 |
25 |
The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Eparchy of Alexandria (Patriarchal) |
60,000 |
88,000 |
130,000 |
135,000 |
27,377 |
2 |
36 |
47 |
22 |
58 |
125 |
0 |
5 |
|
Eparchy of Assiut, Egypt |
34,500 |
35,000 |
45,000 |
45,000 |
50,000 |
1 |
41 |
49 |
5 |
5 |
60 |
0 |
13 |
|
Eparchy of Ismayliah, Egypt |
5,000 |
6,500 |
6,700 |
6,800 |
7,000 |
1 |
14 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
68 |
1 |
4 |
|
Eparchy of Luqsor and Thebes, Egypt |
21,000 |
17,543 |
18,000 |
18,000 |
18,500 |
1 |
20 |
9 |
14 |
17 |
70 |
0 |
3 |
|
Eparchy of Minya, Egypt |
20,084 |
38,835 |
40,530 |
40,530 |
40,530 |
1 |
26 |
41 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
25 |
|
Eparchy of Sohag, Egypt |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,560 |
12,670 |
12,930 |
2 |
20 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
4 |
|
Eparchy of Guizeh, Egypt |
|
estab. 2003 |
0 |
7,500 |
4,990 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
152,584 |
197,878 |
252,790 |
265,500 |
161,327 |
9 |
164 |
184 |
46 |
86 |
360 |
1 |
57 |
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)
The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitanate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
42,800 |
51,732 |
32,210 |
27,292 |
27,620 |
1 |
20 |
24 |
90 |
205 |
253 |
0 |
12 |
|
Eparchy of Adigrat, Ethiopia |
14,970 |
16,625 |
19,326 |
19,935 |
19,994 |
2 |
35 |
66 |
15 |
46 |
51 |
0 |
19 |
|
Eparchy of Emdeber, Ethiopia |
|
estab. 2003 |
24,000 |
18,600 |
18,850 |
1 |
24 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
36 |
0 |
8 |
|
Eparchy of Asmara, Eritrea |
60,780 |
46,303 |
58,624 |
56,369 |
62,453 |
2 |
66 |
44 |
287 |
535 |
628 |
2 |
54 |
|
Eparchy of Barentu, Eritrea |
estab. 1995 |
37,000 |
37,929 |
38,552 |
39,077 |
2 |
11 |
4 |
21 |
24 |
26 |
0 |
15 |
|
Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea |
estab. 1995 |
49,889 |
53,135 |
54,867 |
54,867 |
1 |
49 |
27 |
21 |
79 |
52 |
0 |
34 |
|
TOTAL |
118,550 |
201,549 |
225,224 |
215,615 |
222,861 |
9 |
205 |
176 |
438 |
893 |
1046 |
2 |
142 |
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum, India |
221,618 |
305,000 |
265,000 |
270,000 |
273,600 |
3 |
193 |
244 |
55 |
140 |
947 |
0 |
105 |
|
Eparchy of Battery, India |
19,000 |
24,250 |
25,512 |
25,587 |
25,587 |
1 |
22 |
89 |
12 |
12 |
276 |
0 |
23 |
|
Eparchy of Tiruvalla, India |
41,250 |
55,945 |
36,673 |
36,673 |
37,284 |
2 |
133 |
101 |
25 |
54 |
261 |
0 |
38 |
|
Eparchy of Marthandom, India |
estab. 1996 |
61,025 |
64,450 |
64,600 |
64,725 |
1 |
73 |
31 |
6 |
9 |
164 |
0 |
26 |
|
Eparchy of Muvattupuzha, India |
|
estab 2003 |
11,067 |
11,403 |
11,444 |
1 |
66 |
38 |
2 |
17 |
92 |
0 |
17 |
|
TOTAL |
281,868 |
446,220 |
402,702 |
408,263 |
412,640 |
8 |
487 |
503 |
100 |
232 |
1740 |
0 |
209 |
The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon |
23,000 |
26,000 |
14,500 |
14,700 |
14,700 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
|
Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq |
23,000 |
24,000 |
25,000 |
23,000 |
22,000 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq |
22,650 |
29,500 |
35,000 |
40,000 |
40,000 |
1 |
12 |
27 |
5 |
8 |
20 |
0 |
17 |
|
Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman |
960 |
10,298 |
1,550 |
1,550 |
1,550 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
|
Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt |
2,000 |
1,763 |
1,728 |
1,643 |
1,637 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria |
4,000 |
6,200 |
6,500 |
8,000 |
8,000 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria |
9,255 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
1 |
15 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
|
Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria |
8,750 |
8,800 |
8,000 |
8,000 |
8,000 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria |
3,810 |
5,200 |
5,630 |
5,630 |
5,630 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|
Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey |
2,500 |
2,125 |
2,155 |
2,155 |
2,160 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf |
320 |
1,200 |
410 |
410 |
820 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark, New Jersey |
estab. 1995 |
11,780 |
13,140 |
13,270 |
13,270 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Sudan (patriarchal dependency) |
|
300 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Apostolic Exarchate for Venezuela |
|
estab 2001 |
0 |
3,870 |
3,870 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
100,245 |
137,166 |
123,668 |
132,283 |
131,692 |
18 |
75 |
107 |
9 |
18 |
62 |
12 |
52 |
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)
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The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Archeparchy of Antelias, Lebanon |
170,734 |
217,660 |
191,763 |
192,305 |
193,377 |
1 |
93 |
71 |
55 |
87 |
565 |
0 |
25 |
|
Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon |
250,000 |
200,000 |
236,000 |
236,000 |
240,000 |
2 |
127 |
131 |
32 |
32 |
169 |
0 |
49 |
|
Archeparchy of Tripoli, Lebanon |
89,053 |
100,000 |
101,350 |
102,096 |
100,068 |
1 |
123 |
123 |
55 |
63 |
148 |
0 |
26 |
|
Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon |
22,000 |
44,000 |
42,000 |
41,500 |
43,000 |
2 |
22 |
18 |
10 |
11 |
46 |
0 |
6 |
|
Eparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon |
47,000 |
35,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
34,000 |
1 |
34 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
33 |
2 |
8 |
|
Eparchy of Joubbe, Batrun and Sarba, Lebanon (Patriarchal)* |
110,025 |
|
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eparchy of Joubbe, Sarba and Jounieh (Patriarchal) |
|
492,989 |
375,875 |
358,500 |
359,200 |
6 |
140 |
141 |
52 |
180 |
173 |
2 |
44 |
|
Eparchy of Jbeil, Lebanon |
469,750 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
1 |
88 |
60 |
40 |
45 |
45 |
0 |
23 |
|
Eparchy of Jounieh, Lebanon** |
205,315 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eparchy of Batrun |
|
0 |
72,000 |
72,000 |
73,000 |
1 |
66 |
44 |
17 |
40 |
56 |
0 |
5 |
|
Eparchy of Saïda, Lebanon |
94,700 |
65,000 |
83,000 |
84,000 |
68,000 |
2 |
96 |
61 |
17 |
26 |
70 |
0 |
13 |
|
Eparchy of Zahleh, Lebanon |
estab. 1990 |
49,520 |
50,777 |
50,900 |
51,000 |
2 |
33 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
28 |
0 |
2 |
|
Archeparchy of Cyprus |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine |
|
504 |
504 |
504 |
504 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan |
estab. 1996 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt |
4,350 |
5,000 |
5,003 |
5,430 |
5,430 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria |
3,225 |
4,105 |
4,105 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria |
7,000 |
8,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Eparchy of Lattaquié, Syria |
23,000 |
27,000 |
31,000 |
33,000 |
33,000 |
1 |
32 |
22 |
3 |
3 |
40 |
0 |
10 |
|
Eparchy of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina |
estab. 1990 |
700,000 |
700,000 |
700,000 |
700,000 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
20 |
20 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Libano em Sao Paulo, Brazil |
418,000 |
463,000 |
468,000 |
468,000 |
468,000 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, USA |
52,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
33,000 |
33,000 |
3 |
34 |
43 |
7 |
14 |
1 |
14 |
2 |
|
Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA |
estab. 1994 |
24,108 |
27,500 |
42,232 |
41,232 |
2 |
26 |
35 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
2 |
|
Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney, Australia |
125,000 |
160,000 |
150,000 |
150,000 |
150,000 |
2 |
10 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
24 |
0 |
5 |
|
Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Canada |
75,000 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
2 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
17 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
|
Nuestra Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico |
estab. 1995 |
150,000 |
148,267 |
148,267 |
148,267 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land |
estab. 1996 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
|
TOTAL |
2,176,152 |
3,124,086 |
3,107,344 |
3,111,934 |
3,105,278 |
42 |
992 |
859 |
386 |
608 |
1423 |
38 |
242 |
*Batrun separated and Jounieh added in 1999. **United with Joubbe and Sarba in 1999.
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)
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The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate)
|
Jurisdiction |
1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Bish |
Par |
SecPr |
RelPr |
MRel |
FRel |
Dc |
Sm |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq (Patriarchal) |
325,000 |
151,000 |
130,000 |
115,000 |
145,000 |
3 |
26 |
29 |
3 |
9 |
93 |
0 |
8 |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kerkuk, Iraq |
5,330 |
5,050 |
5,700 |
5,600 |
5,600 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Arbil, Iraq |
12,314 |
12,000 |
12,200 |
12,200 |
12,200 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
|
Archeparchy of Basra, Iraq |
4,000 |
2,600 |
2,500 |
2,600 |
2,600 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
|
Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq |
19,800 |
20,000 |
20,600 |
18,000 |
18,000 |
1 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Eparchy of Alquoch, Iraq |
13,500 |
16,190 |
17,487 |
19,905 |
20,820 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
0 |
4 |
|
Eparchy of Amadiyah, Iraq |
2,000 |
2,452 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Eparchy of Aqra, Iraq |
230 |
176 |
310 |
310 |
508 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Sulaimaniya, Iraq |
500 |
400 |
200 |
200 |
490 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Zaku, Iraq |
7,000 |
6,548 |
12,700 |
13,500 |
15,500 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Teheran, Iran |
5,500 |
3,500 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
|
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Urmya and Eparchy of Salmas, Iran |
2,250 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Ahwaz, Iran |
340 |
350 |
60 |
65 |
50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon |
8,600 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Aleppo, Beroea and Halab, Syria |
10,000 |
15,000 |
15,000 |
15,000 |
15,000 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Archeparchy of Diarbekir, Turkey |
2,900 |
5,000 |
5,925 |
4,561 |
4,226 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Patriarchal Dependency of Jordan |
0 |
0 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, USA |
50,000 |
70,000 |
77,000 |
80,000 |
85,000 |
1 |
8 |
13 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
65 |
1 |
|
Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA |
|
estab. 2002 |
35,000 |
40,200 |
40,200 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, Australia |
|
|
|
estab. 2006 |
29,000 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
469,764 |
322,266 |
358,682 |
351,141 |
418,194 |
20 |
133 |